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Published
April 16, 2024

Program to put local catches on tables gets $750K in federal funds to continue through year

Fishermen Feeding Mainers, a Maine Coast Fishermen's Association program, secured $750,000 in federal funding by working with Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins to submit appropriation requests. With an initial goal of 100,000 meals, the program has now donated over 1.25 million meals of local seafood to schools and food pantries.
Published
March 3, 2024

Competitive Maine elver fishing lottery offers most licenses since 2013

Sixteen people will gain entry in this year's intense bid for one of the most lucrative fish stocks in the state, but the success rate is still very low.
Published
March 1, 2024

Value of Maine lobster fishery rebounds in 2023 despite smallest catch in 15 years

Lobstermen brought in $464 million last year, a nearly 20% jump from 2022 that was propelled by a dockside price of $4.95 per pound, the second highest on record.
Published
February 5, 2024

Fishing regulators say no to catching more elvers, a most valuable species

The baby eels are harvested from rivers and streams in Maine, sold to aquaculture companies and raised to maturity, then resold as food.
Published
January 17, 2024

With fishermen’s case, the Supreme Court wrestles with the power of federal regulators

The court heard 3½ hours of arguments in 2 challenges brought by commercial fishermen to a fee requirement.

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Published
January 16, 2024

Harpswell fly-fishing expert publishes debut book at 62

'A Full Net: Fishing Stories from Maine and Beyond' was recently released by Yarmouth's Islandport Press.
Published
January 7, 2024

‘When the Island Had Fish’ is a portrait of Vinalhaven through its most prominent industry

Writer Janna Malamud Smith draws from historical records and interviews with contemporary fishermen to depict the fishing community of Vinalhaven, from bounteous ocean to 'fished out.'
Published
December 11, 2023

Commercial fishermen need more support for substance use and fatigue, lawmakers say

The federal program is designed to help the nation's fishermen with the often hazardous conditions they face at sea.
Published
November 8, 2023

Fishing groups sue 13 U.S. tire makers over rubber preservative that’s deadly to salmon

As tires wear, tiny particles of rubber are left behind on roads, breaking down into a byproduct that is deadly to salmon, steelhead trout and other aquatic wildlife when rains wash it into rivers.
Published
November 1, 2023

Officials say Freeport brook dam removals will improve local trout run

Sea-run brook trout, otherwise known as "salters," are running free for the first time in over a century, thanks to a joint effort by the Freeport Conservation Trust and Maine Water.